There is a famous saying in the USA: “Nothing is more American than Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie”, and Copenhagen finally has its first taste of the real deal. Found in nearly every mom-and-pop diner across the USA, pie is deeply rooted in America’s cultural DNA.

In October 2015, The American Pie Company opened its doors as Denmark’s first American pie shop to an eagerly awaiting public of Danish foodies and homesick ex-pats. Co-founders Erin Eberhardt Chapman and Dorte Prip shared a simple vision, and merged their complementary skill sets to set the wheels in motion.

Erin hails from the farmlands of Illinois and the northwoods of Wisconsin, USA. Homegrown and home-cooking equaled love, and her obsession with food started with growing up on her grandparents’ farms, practicing family recipes, enjoying the abundance of her dad’s vegetable gardens each year, and inheriting her mom’s “baking-to-relax” tendencies. 

With over 20 years experience in the advertising industry, Erin has specialized in brand building and image development for lifestyle, food and fashion clientele on both national and international levels. Merging her love for food and art direction, Erin began food styling, cookbook design and recipe development, and has co-authored two cookbooks, American Pie and American Diner, as well as authoring the pie shop’s own cookbook, The Pie Shop Cookbook and Autentisk Amerikansk Pie. Having lived in Denmark since 1998, the merging of food and nostalgia has been a constant help to ward off homesickness.

Dorte was born and raised in Denmark, and had the opportunity to attend the Stanford Graduate School of Business in the heart of Silicon Valley, where she whole-heartedly fell in love with the USA, and continued to travel back for the inspiration, the spirit, and the connection.

In Denmark, Dorte built a career in retail as a senior vice president of Danish grocery powerhouse, Coop, where she acquired a keen sense of food quality, food ethics, and human relations. Dorte then moved on to becoming the CEO at Copenhagen Business School Executive. But despite a fulfilling career in Denmark, her “happy place” was still California, as it was there she was married, where her children have attended high school and college, and where her American family also lives. Wanting to pool her life experiences of retail, business, education, love of food, and American spirit, she was inspired to build something close to her heart. 

The women came together to create exactly what they had been missing in Denmark – a home away from home – making The American Pie Company nothing short of an experience. 

With a location in a charming historical Copenhagen building, the pie shops are designed in a 1920s-30s diner-meets-apothecary style, with hand-laid tile floors, original American antique lamps, vintage pie pans, and family kitchen knick-knacks hung on the walls. From the classic diner dishware, to the old-school blues and country classics pumping on the radio, no detail has been spared.

Specializing in both sweet pies by the slice and savory meat and veggie pies for a hearty meal, everything is handmade in The American Pie Company’s Skindergade 25 kitchen with simple, quality ingredients. The menu changes every three months to reflect the season, and the pies have snappy names like “Yo’Mama’s Apple Cinnamon”,  “The Muddy Nutty Chocolate Peanut Butter” or “I Got the Blues-Berry Ginger”, that keep the good vibes flowing.

If you’re looking for an authentic American experience in Copenhagen, the American Pie Company has the right stuff. Whether it’s the cozy vibe or the delicious pie, it will surely win your heart.